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carsonelainee's review
4.0
read for class—
do i feel a little silly counting a children’s book towards my goodreads goal? a bit. but i did read it for class and i do love this book.
do i feel a little silly counting a children’s book towards my goodreads goal? a bit. but i did read it for class and i do love this book.
abgl2814's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
kathydavie's review
5.0
This is a collection of four stories about silly superiorities, too stubborn for your own good, being lazy and not thinking ahead, and confronting your fears.
The Stories
"The Sneetches" are divided. Some have green stars for belly buttons while others do not. Naturally, the Star-Belly Sneetches are far superior to the Plain-Belly Sneetches…until…one day…an enterprising Sneetch comes along and offers to help the Plain-Belly Sneetches by giving them stars on their bellies. Well, this just won't do. How are the Star-Belly Sneetches supposed to tell who is who?
"The Zax" is a meeting of two immovable idiots around whom freeways and roads are built because each refuses to step aside and allow the other to move forward. The South-going Zax refuses to budge to the east or the west while the North-going Zax never takes a step to the side
This, of course, explains why our roads are so silly and twisty.
"Too Many Daves" is a rather stupid story of a mother who birthed 23 babies and named them all Dave. She eventually figured out that it would have been easier if she had named them each individually.
"What was I Scared of?" is a cute story of being afraid of someone you don't know. Everywhere he went he kept encountering a pair of trousers with no one inside them. And everywhere he went, he kept running away until finally he stopped and discovered the trousers were afraid of him as well. Is this what they mean by a meeting of the minds?
The Stories
"The Sneetches" are divided. Some have green stars for belly buttons while others do not. Naturally, the Star-Belly Sneetches are far superior to the Plain-Belly Sneetches…until…one day…an enterprising Sneetch comes along and offers to help the Plain-Belly Sneetches by giving them stars on their bellies. Well, this just won't do. How are the Star-Belly Sneetches supposed to tell who is who?
"The Zax" is a meeting of two immovable idiots around whom freeways and roads are built because each refuses to step aside and allow the other to move forward. The South-going Zax refuses to budge to the east or the west while the North-going Zax never takes a step to the side
This, of course, explains why our roads are so silly and twisty.
"Too Many Daves" is a rather stupid story of a mother who birthed 23 babies and named them all Dave. She eventually figured out that it would have been easier if she had named them each individually.
"What was I Scared of?" is a cute story of being afraid of someone you don't know. Everywhere he went he kept encountering a pair of trousers with no one inside them. And everywhere he went, he kept running away until finally he stopped and discovered the trousers were afraid of him as well. Is this what they mean by a meeting of the minds?
novelette's review against another edition
3.0
"The Sneetches" is a time honored story of peer pressure. "The Pants With No Body" is a simply terrifying story that haunts me even now. I mean, a pair of pants goes ridding by on a bicycle? AHHHHHHHHH!
attaboi's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
celtic_oracle's review against another edition
5.0
I loved The Sneetches as a child, and love it even more as an adult, now that I can see the historical parallels.
I also still adore the pale green pants with nobody inside them, but I had forgotten about the pure silly joy of reading the list of possible names in “Too Many Daves.”
Lots of wonderful Seuss fun here.
I also still adore the pale green pants with nobody inside them, but I had forgotten about the pure silly joy of reading the list of possible names in “Too Many Daves.”
Lots of wonderful Seuss fun here.
tiannastarfall's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This was my husband's favourite Seuss book as a kid and he has often talked of star bellied sneetches and pale green pants with no one inside them. Reading it for the first time as an adult I can understand why he liked it so much, very funny. But I thought the best story was too many Dave's, that was hilarious - soggy muff!
nikshelby's review
4.0
This is my all-time favorite book...from when I was a little girl and to this day. I love the silly (yet subtextually serious) story of those sneeches who try so hard to be like the others...and around and around. But wait...hmmm...I think I need a star-tattoo, then, I'd be as cool as those "star-upon-thars-sneeches"...
michalice's review
4.0
The Sneetches and Other Stories is a book that has a few stories within the pages, some are just a page or two long whilst others are several pages long. My review won't be featuring the whole set of stories, just the main story, The Sneetches.
The Sneetches are creatures, some have stars while some have none. The Star-Belly Sneetches think they are the best Sneetches of all, ignoring the plain belly Sneetches and excluding them in all of their games. That is until Sylvester McMonkey McBean comes along and offers the Plain-Belly Sneetches an opportunity, for $3 each they can have stars on their bellies too.
The Star-Belly Sneetches now have their own offer, for $10 each they can have their stars removed, especially since stars are no longer in fashion, and they can still be the best Sneetches around. The Sneetches go backwards and forwards, gaining stars and then getting them removed.
Again I loved the flow of the story as well as the bright images, and the moral that comes with this story.
The Sneetches are creatures, some have stars while some have none. The Star-Belly Sneetches think they are the best Sneetches of all, ignoring the plain belly Sneetches and excluding them in all of their games. That is until Sylvester McMonkey McBean comes along and offers the Plain-Belly Sneetches an opportunity, for $3 each they can have stars on their bellies too.
The Star-Belly Sneetches now have their own offer, for $10 each they can have their stars removed, especially since stars are no longer in fashion, and they can still be the best Sneetches around. The Sneetches go backwards and forwards, gaining stars and then getting them removed.
Again I loved the flow of the story as well as the bright images, and the moral that comes with this story.